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World's first legal recreational marijuana sales begin in Colorado

By John Ingold, The Denver Post

Posted:
01/01/2014 03:28:07 PM CST

Updated:
01/01/2014 03:28:09 PM CST

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World's first legal recreational marijuana sales begin in Colorado

Colorado's ambitious experiment in cannabis policy hit a historic milestone Wednesday, when licensed stores began making the first legal sales of recreational marijuana anywhere in the world.A few people queued up outside pot shops early Wednesday to celebrate and claim bragging rights, but longer lines began forming later in the morning — growing from a couple of dozen to hundreds at some stores. Police reported no problems.Within hours, the hand of the free market was already evident. In the face ...